A milestone worth celebrating and collecting
January 14, 2019
A boy’s bar mitzvah and a girl’s bat mitzvah are rites of passage by Jewish law, and milestones in every young Jewish person’s life. Even in times of suffering during …
Survivor Portraits – Peter Nash
January 4, 2019
This month we introduce Holocaust survivor Peter Nash. Peter was born as Peter Nachemstein in 1935 in Berlin, Germany. Shortly after Kristallnacht, the Night of Broken Glass, in November 1938, …
Interview with Sylvia Griffin
January 3, 2019
Australian artist Sylvia Griffin has put her personal history and family’s traumas on display alongside Anne Zahalka’s in our current contemporary art exhibition, The Fate of Things: Memory Objects and …
10th of Tevet
December 18, 2018
Today, the 18th of December 2018, is the 10th of Tevet in the Hebrew calendar. This fast day commemorates the siege on Jerusalem by the Babylonian armies and the eventual …
Survivor Portraits – Kuba Enoch
December 3, 2018
This month we introduce Kuba Enoch. Kuba was born in 1926 in Krakow, Poland. In 1939, when Kuba was 13 years old, Germany invaded Poland. It was at this young …
Chanukah Greetings
November 29, 2018
Chanukah is a time when we remember the attempted suppression of Jewish culture and celebrate Jewish resistance and resilience. Chanukah of 1945 was the first time that Jewish refugees, recently liberated …
Survivor Portraits – Gaby de Leon
November 1, 2018
This month we introduce Gaby de Leon. Gaby was born in 1927 in Belgrade, Yugoslavia. In April 1941, Yugoslavia was invaded by Axis powers. They each established their own occupation zone …
Museum Condemns Attack on Tree of Life Synagogue, Pittsburgh
October 31, 2018
In response to the attack on the congregation of The Tree of Life synagogue in Pittsburgh last Saturday, the Sydney Jewish Museum condemns this violent and fatal antisemitic act and …
Children’s Week 2018
October 26, 2018
This week is Children’s Week. Thousands of children from different locations and backgrounds come through the Sydney Jewish Museum every year with their schools. Most of them have the opportunity …
Bobba Knows Best – A language without words
October 15, 2018
Grandmothers perform different roles in different families. Every grandchild will have a different name for their grandmother; something deriving from geographical origins, or ages-old habits that stick over time. Sometimes …
Sydney Jewish Museum receives TripAdvisor 2018 Certificate of Excellence
October 14, 2018
We are excited to announce that for the fifth consecutive year, the Sydney Jewish Museum has received the TripAdvisor Certificate of Excellence. This Certificate recognises hotels, restaurants and attractions that …
KEEP THEIR VOICE ALIVE | Community Stories
October 5, 2018
As the publishing arm of the Sydney Jewish Museum, Community Stories is frequently responsible for giving life to stories which might otherwise have gone unread and unheard. It is the …
Survivor Portraits – Ilse Charny
October 3, 2018
This month we introduce Ilse Charny. Ilse was born in Vienna, Austria, in 1928. Ilse was born to a comfortable middle-class family. Her father, Salm Zilbersain, was a prominent dentist and …
KEEP THEIR VOICE ALIVE | The Children’s Memorial
September 17, 2018
The Children’s Memorial is one of the more moving spaces in the Sydney Jewish Museum. Its function is to commemorate the 1.5 million children who were murdered during the Holocaust, …
KEEP THEIR VOICE ALIVE | The story of Eva Soschko
September 6, 2018
Not all Holocaust survivors can stand up and tell their story to adult and student groups. There are many survivors who are not necessarily the well-known faces of the Sydney …
History Week 2018 – Beneath the Art Deco Ceiling
September 3, 2018
The theme of History Week for 2018 is Life and Death. This theme speaks intimately to the Sydney Jewish Museum, the space and the stories told in it. The Museum is …
KEEP THEIR VOICE ALIVE | SJM Voices app
August 27, 2018
Hearing a Holocaust survivor story is reported to be most impactful part of a visitor’s experience in the Sydney Jewish Museum. To ensure the stories of the survivors continue to …
Survivor Portraits – Vera Faludi
July 31, 2018
This month we introduce Vera Faludi. Vera was born in 1929 in Sofia, Bulgaria. In Sofia, Vera attended an Italian pre-school, a Hungarian school, and then a German school with …
NAIDOC Week: William Cooper’s legacy
July 9, 2018
This week is #NAIDOCWeek. The roots of NAIDOC Week can be traced back to the 1920s and 30s, when Aboriginal rights groups took formation and staged boycotts and marches on …
Survivor Portraits – John Gruschka
June 28, 2018
This month we introduce John Gruschka. John was born in Aussig, Czechoslovakia in 1924. John grew up in the German-speaking park of Czechoslovakia, where there was a small but significant …
International Museum Workers Day: A Profile on Resident Historian Konrad Kwiet
June 21, 2018
Thursday 28 June is International Museum Workers Day. On this day, we recognise our longest serving staff member, Resident Historian Emeritus Professor Konrad Kwiet, whose service to the Sydney Jewish …
World Refugee Day: Bridging the gap
June 20, 2018
Today is World Refugee Day: an annual global day of commemoration and a vehicle through which to raise awareness about issues affecting refugees. It is also a time to celebrate …
Holocaust survivor awarded Order of Australia Medal
June 19, 2018
The Sydney Jewish Museum is proud to announce that Holocaust survivor Yvonne Engelman, long-serving volunteer at the Sydney Jewish Museum since its inception in 1992, was recognised on the Queen’s …
Survivor Portraits – Tom Fleming
May 25, 2018
This month we introduce Tom Fleming. Tom was born in 1938 in Bratislava, Czechoslovakia. With a twinkle in his eye and a mischievous grin on his face, you can still …
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